’Prayer is not a magic wand: It is a dialogue with the Lord.’
Spirituality
Posted inFaith, Video
Who is the Holy Spirit? Wisdom from senior Jesuits
How is the Holy Spirit alive in the world today? We asked six senior Jesuits to reflect on their experiences of the Holy Spirit and where they see the activity of the Spirit in the church and the world. Come Holy Spirit!
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Happy 80th birthday, Bob Dylan, teacher of the American soul
Bob Dylan, who turns 80 on May 24, expanded my musical and conceptual horizons from my college days onward.
Posted inBooks, Faith
The four Thomas Merton books you have to read
The essential Merton is all of these books taken together. Read them all, and in this order, if you can.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Discernment is for every Christian — not just Jesuits: an interview with Arturo Sosa, SJ
“Pope Francis is not only a Jesuit; he is a Christian. And discernment is part of Christianity. Discernment is an essential dimension of Christian life in all times.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Every song on the Hillbilly Thomists’ new album could be a homily (including ‘Bourbon, Bluegrass, & the Bible’)
“Living For The Other Side” is one way to stay conscious and alive, and to be reminded of what we are worshipping.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: Prayer can be a struggle. That’s normal. Embrace it.
Christian prayer, like all Christian life, is not a “walk in the park.”
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: In Jesus, there is no conflict between contemplation and action
“There is only one great call in the Gospel, and it is that of following Jesus on the way of love,” Pope Francis said in his weekly Wednesday audience. “In this sense, charity and contemplation are synonymous.”
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Whatever happened to Confession? And is it time to go back?
The question remains alive today, perhaps even more so after a year of living through the Covid-19 pandemic. But today it might be rephrased as two different questions for two different audiences: “How shall one go to confession now?” and “Why go to confession at all?”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What the conversion of St. Ignatius can teach us 500 years later
The miracle is to believe that for those, like Ignatius, who believe in God and trust in God’s care and providence, there is no accident, no tragedy or failure that they cannot overcome.